Thread: Which Boots

I'm heading liteweight too. Got some Salewa mountain trainers and they were just fine hauling a pack on rocky terrain.
What I still can't reconcile is the marketing around a strongly supportive boot that protects the ankles. If you're walking on uneven terrain, then something has to take that strain. If the boot isn't allowing the ankle to work as it would naturally, then surely the strain must be taken up by the knee/hip/sacro-illiac....something further up the kinetic chain has to bear the work of stopping you tipping over when your foot isn't flat but you're trying to remain verticle.
Of course I can understand this requirement when mountaineering, it makes sense when you're clawing on the side of a mountain that the upper legs are stronger than the ankles. But for just covering a lot of ground it makes sense to me anyway that more of the leg is allowed to work as it should naturally.